Mira Leung
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| Personal Info | ||
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| Country: |  Canada |
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| Residence: | Vancouver, BC | |
| Height: | 5'0" | |
| Skating Club: | Connaught Skating Club | |
| ISU Personal Best Scores | ||
| Short + Free Total: | 150.92 | 2006 Skate Canada |
| Short Program: | 52.14 | 2006 Skate Canada. |
| Free Skate: | 99.06 | 2006 World Championships |
Mira Leung (b. March 28, 1989 in Vancouver, BC) is a Canadian figure skater.
Mira is a World and Olympic competitor. She began skating at age 3 and trained in Burnaby at the British Columbia Centre of Excellence. She has been home schooled since the second grade. Her mother has been compared to the mothers of Tiffany Chin, Tonya Harding, Surya Bonaly and Ann Patrice Mcdonough.
She has been coached by Joanne McLeod for several years. She was briefly coached by former World Champion Karen Magnussen. After issues with coach Joanne McLeod, their relationship dissolved, and Mira trained in Richmond at the Minoru Arenas, with the Connaught Skating Club. She was coached by Christine McBeth with input by her mother. After 2006 Skate Canada International, Skate Canada convinced Mira to return to Mcleod and to fire McBeth. [1]
Leung landed her first triple salchow and triple toe loop when she was only eight. Skipping the novice level at Canadians when she was thirteen, Mira jumped straight into the senior level.[2].
For the 2006/2007 season, Leung is practicing two triple/triple combinations. She is working on the triple lutz-triple loop and triple flip-triple loop-double loop combinations. She has yet to fully rotate them in competition. Her current goal is to win the 2007 Canadian National Championships and the 2007 World Championships.
| Senior Major Events | ||||
| Event/Season | 2002-2003 | 2003-2004 | 2004-2005 | 2005-2006 |
| Canadian Championships | 14th | 5th | 3rd | 2nd |
| World Championships | - | - | - | 13th |
| Winter Olympics | - | - | - | 12th |
| Junior Major Event | |
| Event/Season | 2004-2005 |
| Junior World Championships | 8th |
| Other Major Events | |||
| Event/Season | 2004-2005 | 2005-2006 | 2006-2007 |
| Skate Canada Int. | 7th | 6th | 6th |
| Skate America | - | 6th | 8th |
| Cup of China | 7th | - | - |
| Nebelhorn Trophy | 3rd | - | - |
